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'''School prayer''' occurs when students at a school come together and [[prayer|pray]]. This may happen at an organised religious assembly led by school staff or religious leaders, at a student-instigated prayer meeting, or in an impromptu manner.
Different schools take a range of approaches to school prayer. Some schools strongly encourage prayer by including prayer in compulsory daily assemblies, whilst others outlaw any religious observance. There is a range of approaches lying between these two.
Prayer was encouraged, allowed and practiced in U.S. public schools from colonial times until 1962, when the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in ''[[Engel v. Vitale]] ''banned '''school prayer''' without citing a single decision as a precedent for its ruling.
Prayer was encouraged, allowed and practiced in U.S. public schools from colonial times until 1962, when the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in ''[[Engel v. Vitale]] ''banned '''school prayer''' without citing a single decision as a precedent for its ruling.
[[Atheistic]] groups herald this as a great victory for their ideology, as since 1962 U.S. taxpayers have been compelled to fund and support an atheistic culture for the 90% of [[Americans]] who attend [[public school]]. Supporters of the decision claim that there is a "separation of church and state" in the [[U.S. Constitution]], though no such phrase or prohibition exists in the document.
[[Atheistic]] groups herald this as a great victory for their ideology, as since 1962 U.S. taxpayers have been compelled to fund and support an atheistic culture for the 90% of [[American]] students who attend [[public school]]. Supporters of the decision claim that there is a "separation of church and state" in the [[U.S. Constitution]], though no such phrase or prohibition exists in the document.
== Examples of wrongful suppression of student prayer ==
== Examples of wrongful suppression of student prayer ==